Trump’s Lead Negotiator Could Offer Concessions to North Korea in Nuclear Talks

Earlier this week, 21WIRE editor Patrick Henningsen reported during an interview with RT International that there were fundamental problems with how the US negotiations with North Korea were being structured, and that this could preclude any possibility of successful outcome with Pyongyang.

As it turned out, the US lead negotiator has since ceded ground on the previous raft of US preconditions, opting instead for a “nuclear freeze.”

This is already looking extremely bad for cabinet war hawk John Bolton, who is becoming increasingly isolated in the administration.

Biegun said the point of a nuclear freeze was not to abandon the goal of complete denuclearization, but rather to reach an interim deal with some US concession in return for a guarantee that North Korea is not making anything new.

Biegun said it was clear the US wouldn’t lift all sanctions just for a freeze, and it wouldn’t be about recognizing North Korea as a nuclear power. He did, however, say the US might offer humanitarian aid, or improved diplomatic ties in the interim.

This is potentially a major turning point, as previously the US had opposed offering anything to North Korea until years later, after denuclearization was completely finalized. North Korea has wanted some improvement in the meantime, and has seen the US refusing to offer anything as a sign they are not sincere in their offers.

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